Yanyin Zhang (PhD, senior lecturer) works at the Australian National University. Her current research interests and publications include second language (English and Chinese) acquisition and pedagogy. She has published in a variety of prestigious international journals and edited books such as Language Learning and John Benjamins. Xiaoping Gao (PhD) is senior lecturer in Chinese and currently directs the languages and linguistics discipline and the Chinese language program at the University of Wollongong. She has published widely in international journals and books on Chinese as a second language research, language pedagogy, and intercultural communication.
'This edited book is a valuable collection of articles, covering a diversity of interesting topics in the field of L2 Chinese teaching. Professionals in the field can benefit greatly from a broad range of highly original and insightful discussions offered by the authors on practical and important issues in the field.' Boping Yuan, Reader in Chinese Language and Linguistics, University of Cambridge